Re: (TFT) civilized dogs

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

> > Cas,
> >    No, I missed that one.  Whats this about.  It sounds like
> > they were getting puppy dogs out of the experiment.  From foxes!?
> >
> >    David Michael Grouchy II

> From: "Cas and Lisa (also Silvia, Max & Viveka) Liber"
>
> DMG it was some show about a group of people trying to breed
> silver foxes to get the coats rahter than keep killing them
> in the wild (i..e. farming them) and was higihlighting the
> unexpected side effect of all these funny puppies with spotty
> coats etc (i.e. not so good for fur coats). It was just one
> of those interestngi things I saw while channel surfing one
> day - can't remember much else about it.

Cas,
  I've got a line on this now.  This is a direct reference to Darwins' 
"Origin of the Species."  I found it this afternoon.  Darwin pointed out 
early in his work that in the wild a species will show a lot of homogenity.  
This, he wrote, is the result of the harsh conditions in nature.  Once 
domesticated, though, a species will show great deviation as the mutations 
are not eliminated.  He even specifically mentions foxes getting floppy 
ears, saying that it was due to a lack of stress causing them to stay alert 
all the time and keeping the muscles of the ear in use.

  David Michael Grouchy II

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